Shakespeare, Spectatorship and the Technologies of Performance

ISBN-13: 9781108420488 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 256 str.

Pascale Aebischer

Opis

Rapid changes in performance technologies are changing how we view early modern drama. The book explores how candlelight and architecture make each spectator's viewing experience unique; how digital media alter viewers' interactions with live performances; and how theatre broadcasts fundamentally affect the reception of Shakespeare.

Recenzje

'… this book presents an exciting frame that could be applied to many others.' William N. West, SEL Studies in English Literature 1500–1900

Spis treści

Introduction. Shakespeare, spectatorship and technologies of performance; Part I. Candlelight and Architecture at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse: 1. Dominic Dromgoole's The Changeling (2015): social division and anamorphic vision; 2. Dominic Dromgoole's The Tempest (2016): labour, technology and the gender of theatrical magic; Part II. Digital Technologies and Early Modern Drama at the National Theatre and the RSC: 3. Stanislavski in the closet: Joe Hill-Gibbins' Edward II (National Theatre, 2013); 4. 'Tech-enabled' theatre at the RSC: digital performance and Gregory Doran's Tempest (RSC, 2016); Part III. 'Invisible' Technology and 'Liveness' in Digital Theatre Broadcasting: 5. Hamlet in parts: Robin Lough's RSC live cinema broadcast of Simon Godwin's Hamlet (8 June 2016); 6. Offstage dynamics and the virtual public sphere in Cheek by Jowl's live stream of Measure for Measure (2015); Concluding most obscenely: offstage technophelias.